TY  - JOUR
T1  - Integrating Gender into Disaster Management in Indonesia
AU - Siahaan, Asima Yanty AU - Tambunan, Februaty 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 11
SP  - 1991
EP  - 1997
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.1991.1997
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.1991.1997
KW  - Disaster management
KW  -gender mainstreaming
KW  -local government
KW  -institutions
KW  -qualitative
KW  -significant
AB  - The strategic role and responsibility of local government in protecting the community from
vulnerability and in reducing disaster impacts have been increasingly acknowledged in disaster policy in
Indonesia. This study explores factors contributed to the ignorance of gender mainstreaming in North Sumatra
province. It focuses on the capability of local government in integrating gender in disaster management. This
study is based on qualitative research design. Review of policies on disaster management is aimed to identify
whether the policies have integrated gender or not. Field study is aimed to assess the implementation of
disaster management policies, identify the obstacles from gender perspective, the reasons for gender integration
and policy impact on social and economic aspects. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis in
particular to explore how local government response to disaster. The findings demonstrate the role and
capability of local government in integrating gender in disaster management is still limited due to the lack of
knowledge on gender and gender mainstreaming in disaster, lack of commitment, the lack of sex disaggregated
data and lack of coordination with women’s empowerment and gender equity local institutions. This study
recommends the enforcement of the establishment of gender focal point within disaster management and
capacity building of knowledge toward commitment is of great significant in enhancing local government
capability in integrating gender in disaster management.
ER  -